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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Demonstration for Ingrid

I already mentioned Ingrid Betancourt several times on this blog. She's a Franco Columbian woman who got abducted by the Farc (a Columbian revolutionary movement) on February 23, 2002. To "celebrate" this anniversary, her support committee organized a giant human chain around the hotel de Ville (town hall). This year they emphasized the fact that not only Ingrid is being kept prisoner, but also many other hostages like these guys in the photo...

Grrrrr. You are right, Rose.AND I KNEW YOU WERE PLAYING with us, keeping us jumping with your posting times, Eric! I'm shocked that you finally came out from behind the screen. It makes me laugh that is is being played around the world!!!!

According to the rules, Article 3 line 29, you must comment on the picture, to win the Golden Finger For the day.

Gosh the technicalities are indeed complex. If i recall correctly, Article VIII line IV Clause II indicates that in the event of a dispute then Lord Eric DP of Paris must intervene and settle the matter.

I sense a slight nervousness Eric in your using 'celebrate'. Permit me to assist. Perhaps comemmorate or we would more normally say 'to mark the occasion'. Hope that's useful and i have not trodden on the Royal toes.

Oooh gosh i'm nervous now, please don't think i am interfering, it seemed to me you were... hesitant, Eric, that was all; a genuine help. I'm quite worried i've overstepped the mark and shall have to see you after class.

Thanks, pont girl. Wikipedia has a "List of political hostages held by FARC." That's what their page is called if this link doesn't work:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_hostages_held_by_FARC

As the only person studying the constitution right now, I have made a decision based on a PDP precedent as of January 25,2008. Lynn a dit on comment #45, line 5 and 6......referring to the first comment to be made on a PDP photo when racing to be first..."The comment has to be relevent to Eric's photo".If one is to only write the word "first", it shall be deemed null and void in terms of any competition. It shall be here stated that 2 full lines of commentary in English,French or Portugese will need be written to fully qualify as "Le Premier Doigt d'Or" for the day.Spelling doesn't count as nerves will get in the way.Please feel free to fix my fake French for the Constitution. It should read in French " First Place PDP Golden Finger Award for the Day" Acronyms will suffice.

Finally, about the photo (there's always so much catching up with you girls).I really hope Ingrid Betancourt is set free soon, just like those two other women Clara Rojas and Consuelo González who were released earlier this year. One of them even had a child while she was a hostage.

I am truly ROTF with that one, Petra. I thought that I WAS DOING constitutional research.Whew! Don't mess with the Americans and that one Brazilian when it comes to the PDP law review.Tomorrow nights contest should be good as so many of us might be up watching the Oscars....and best picture..on PDP that is.

Well, I must make apologies to Eric. You go to a lot of trouble to present a stunning photo every day, Eric, and this one's no exception. Plus, Some things are more important than being first on the blog. Like the freedom of the man in the picture, and the others imprisoned with him.

I'm recording the Oscars. I don't have time to watch them live. There's too much at stake at PDP. I'm pre-formulating my comment ("Fantastic photo, Eric!") so I'll be ready.

Me too girls, i am laughing my head off, gosh i almost choked on my huge box of macarons.

Phx your Constitution is drawn up with content of the highest order. I doff my cap to you (old expression when gentlemen would tip their cap to ladies. Not..that i'm a gentleman of course, quite the opposite. It is used now to express an appreciation).

Petrea, I accept your rejection of my wheeeeeeeee! and unreservedly apologise and withdraw the exuberant expression - BUT only because it may have been unaccompanied by a relevant comment, which i do believe is essential. I therefore reserve my right to wheeeeeee! as and when i please in association with other (cough) more sensible wording.

Monica, yes i'm that shallow too. I shall be watching, enviously for a lot of those dresses and, like you, i suspect will be muttering, to some of them "ooh no, you shouldn't have: not with THOSE thighs!" or "Did you get dressed in the dark?!" or "She's just had a romp in the taxi there, clearly, with THAT bed-hair! What a mess." - I shall think of you lol .

Oh and Monica? I was only teasing about macarons; i have none! Relax. Breath out.

he he yes. I shall be quite critical of the dresses i think and it matters not that i shall myself be sitting in jeans which are far too tight, resolving to diet tomorrow, my hair needing a cut and colour and sporting no make-up. What's that got to do with it? lol. I have an opinion. he he.

The PDP Constitution is a very good idea to settle all the disputes due to the race for the first place! I propose my help to draft it, as a future jurist. ;)PHX-CDG is very talented to find the right word, the one who makes me laugh "til I cry" with her new rules.We, people of the PDP Blog are vested with an important project, the project to work out a Constitution.I proclaim us Constituent Assembly.

Lynn, "I doff my cap to you", we have the same in French too: "chapeau bas". I like this kind of old expression.

Tell me, what do you mean by jurist? We don't use the word here in the UK, unless perhaps as a member of a jury, though i've not seen it. We say 'jury member'. The legally qualified are solicitors who are seen by the public, barristers who are instructed by solicitors and never instructed by the public - it is forbidden (i used to be a barristers' clerk) and of course Judges who sit on the bench. There are also Legal Executives, for which there is an exam and who work alongside solicitors, though are considered less. What do you want to be after your studies?

I think the closest meaning is Judge. Certainly not a juror, which is a member of the public called to make up the jury. ? Interesting to find the differences in legal profession between UK and France. Hope the others don't mind this question on here.

Lynn: We Americans based our system of law on the Magna Carta (I based the first law on your British Jan. declaration, thankyouverymuch), the Fr. based their Revolution on the American one, so all this is coming full circle on PDP.

Huh?

Guille: Don't forget, Fr. is legal and binding as we don't want you to spend 13 minutes on perfecting your English for 2 full lines of commentary.Wheeeeeeeeeeeee,can be used after the 2 full lines of lucid writing about the picture.(If you can write lucidly with wine in your hand Jeff, all the better).

Hmm, how does the Constituent Assembly out there feel about 1 full line and three fourths of a second line, instead of 2 full lines? In haste, trying to fill up 2 lines may take up too much thought when you want to be first.

A line is from edge to edge, or another term, margin to margin. I guess it is just easier to say 2 full margins to margins than break it up into anything else, like three quarters of a sentance, and as you say, take the fun out of it.

Lynn, the word "jurist" in French includes all the experts of Law. It's not a job, it's the fact to have learnt Law during 5 years (legal expert, authors of work of authority are jurists). Actually I want to be auctioneer. For almost 2 years now I'm punctually doing a work experience with an auctioneer, and I really love that. That's why I began to learn Law last year, and continue to learn art history which is my first passion. You know all my life now! ;)

Phx-cdg: I'm upset, 2 lines in 13 minutes? You underestimate me!! Yes, I admit that's sometimes it's true,especially when we talk about politics or Law...But not this time I swear!One of the member of the Constituent Assembly, me, is okay to validate your proposal anyway.

Yes, in art. As an auctioneer you also have to do the non voluntary (?) auction sales like bankruptcy or inheritance, but I don't like this aspect so I want to be an auctioneer specialized in art sales. But I have to practice both durong two years in any case...You definitely have to speak quickly! The first time, I was totally lost and stammed a lot...lol.

Last week in Le Monde I read a paper about the soldiers abducted by the Farc. I didn't know they were so much, around 300 if I remember. We always hear about the civil people, rarely about the soldiers.

LOLOLOL-for-Real! A PDP constitution, established rules for validation of 1st place entries, the absolute exclusion of affective exclamations (all agreed that "wheeeeeeeee" is NOT a valid qualifier), macaroons, academy awards and evening gown humor...

For the unsuspecting Photo o' Paris Today lurker, this banter must seem quite confusing or just plain good fun!

I think Eric will be early tonight so he can get some sleep before watching the oscars. I'm going to try an experiment to see if he's lurking. Eric, dear Eric, are you there? :) that's a sweet smile :)

Phx I appreciate how considerate you are. But I'll be fair and say that if it was allowed to make the first entrie in Portuguese or any other language other than English I could just write anything and you girls (except Rose) wouldn't know if my comment concerns the photo.

Let's keep the rules as they are so far.It's getting late, in a couple of hours Eric's gonna be posting a new photo... I'm wide awake and my fingers are as sharp as a knife!

LOL Monica i like your last comment! he he. Giggling now... I reckon he's there, flexing his fingers, just as we are. Wonder what the photo will be and if there's a remote chance we can have a generic guess? I will go with food. What about you?

Ohhh girls so much fun on PDP today! I am still laughing! How strong you are!! And I didn't expect there were so many lawyers here! I don't know if the word lawyer is convenient? Professionally speaking, I say I am a "in-house company lawyer" as I work as a lawyer in a company. ButI am not sure. Lynn, could you tell me if it is understandable for you ?Tonight, the race is supposed to be very very hard! Impossible to know in advance who will be the great winner for the "First Place PDP Golden Finger Award for the Day" LOL! Even if I tried in french, it would be impossible for me : the level is so high!!Could have you imagined that Eric, three years ago : a PDP Constitution and its "Constituent assembly"?! LOL. "Que le meilleur gagne!" It should be "LA meilleure" but who knows where is Michael ? Watch out girls!

Michael yes i bet he's waiting, too, with his newly-tanned fingers ready to rattle out something in first place. Eric is staying silent but i think he is there. He likes to sit back and watch us tying each other into knots.

Oh I didn't see the comment about the language of the first comment... I guess it's fair to allowed people to speak their own language for the race for the Golden Finger! I'll have more chances to win!!!!!

My girlfriend is Colombian and hates the stigma the country has because of the FARC. Everyone thinks it's a rebel-infested country but Bogota is inversely really metropolitan. It's very conscientious to commemorate the victims.